Take Control: Capacity To Litigate
Ensure you have the means to protect your legal interests with Gain Capacity Experts.
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Capacity To Litigate is an assessment of capacity to determine whether you have the ability and understanding to instruct a solicitor or someone from the legal profession, to act on your behalf. This assessment determines whether you can use and evaluate the different advice and options available to you. Crucially the assessment provides a basis of fact about whether you are subject to disorder or disease of the brain or mind, that may affect your ability to instruct a legal representative or agree a compromise position.
Why Choose Gain Capacity Experts?
- Expert Guidance: Our team of professionals is well-versed in equity release products, including Home Reversion and Lifetime Mortgages, the most common form of equity release.
- Comprehensive Assessments: We conduct thorough Equity Release Capacity Assessments to determine if a person has the mental capacity to make informed decisions about equity release products.
- Protection for Vulnerable Individuals: We recognize the importance of safeguarding those with cognitive impairments or early dementia, ensuring they’re capable of making these important financial decisions.
- Future Consequences Consideration: We understand the impact of equity release on family inheritance, state benefits, and future borrowing options, and incorporate these factors into our assessments.
- Hassle-Free Experience: We provide a streamlined, easy-to-use service with clear explanations in simple language.
Our Capacity to Litigate Assessment Process:
- Initial Consultation: Discuss your equity release needs and goals with our team.
- Capacity Assessment: Our experts will undertake a comprehensive assessment to determine the capacity to make decisions about equity release products.
- Detailed Report: Receive a thorough report outlining the outcome of the assessment, ensuring a contemporaneous record of the individual’s state of mind at the time of the mortgage decision.
- Support & Guidance: We offer guidance on the next steps if the individual lacks capacity for equity release or a lifetime mortgage.